A while back, Portland every-where-man Jason Sturgill asked if I would contribute a postcard design to help promote Pinball Publishing’s new 4 color printing process called Print Pinball. I’m a big fan of Pinball, and was also psyched to collaborate in the series with other local artists Adam Garcia, Jen Wick, Kate Bingaman-Burt, and Thomas Bradley.

The theme was Great Things From Portland, and I didn’t have to dig very deep to pick one of my favorite Portland quirks: the tiny toy horses that are tied to old historic hitching posts around the city. Chronicled on The Horse Project and on Flickr, every time I come across one of these equines in person I feel a little bit happier inside my 12-year-old horse-crazy girl memory.

Excerpts of some small sounds I heard while in Paris. Close your eyes, and you’ll hear small sounds too. Little things become big and big things become little. You can do it on public transit and people will think you’re napping, but if you do it at a crowded bar then the bartender will ask you to leave.

How do you explain a very long process in a very short amount of time? With a diagram! A recent project I worked on with Studio Jelly has now wrapped up for C12 Energy, a company that captures carbon from large-scale emitters. Here are some design snippets from the process of creating a logo, diagrams and website for C12. Their current website can be found at www.c12energy.com.

Nature's personal filtration system.How to capture and store carbon.Carbon diagram icon studies from the logo process.Mobile site comps.Website comp from mid-project. See the final site at www.c12energy.com.

One of the benefits of living in Danmark is the easy access to all those other European countries. Since Daneland pretty much shuts down in July due to its’ inhabitants strict observance of taking AS MUCH VACATION AS POSSIBLE, I decided to partake as well by spending 5 days in Paris. “Just 5 days off?” my co-workers asked me incredulously. “That’s ALL?”. Yes, and it was fantastic. So instead of photos from Danmark, here is documentation of my time in Paris, divided into the categories of found art and fancy art (you know, art in a museum).

Found Art

Patterned garage door graffiti. Found in central Paris....yeah, for those who know how to work wormholes. And kern. Wall art in east Paris.